Replacing The Hard Drive; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell Inspiron 14 3000 Service Manual

Replacing the hard drive

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CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard
drive.

Procedure

1 Connect the interposer to the hard drive.
2 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the
hard-drive assembly.
3 Replace the four screws (M3x3) that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard-
drive assembly.
4 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the
palm rest and keyboard assembly.
5 Replace the two screws (M2x3) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the
palm-rest assembly.
6 Slide the hard-drive cable into the connector on the system board and press
down the latch to secure the cable.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the base
2 Replace the keyboard.
3 Replace the optical
4 Replace the battery.
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